CHINA-AFRICAN FRANCOPHONE GROWING ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT: A Case Study of the Republic of Mali

Abstract

African Francophone countries are increasingly engaging with China politically, socially, culturally and economically since 1958, through bilateral and multilateral cooperation especially the machinations of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) create in Beijing on 2000.The recent growth of Chinese influence and companies across Africa in general, Africa Francophone in particular has drawn African and world attention. As a result, both economic and political implications are emerging at the global level, raising concerns among actors in the global economy. Most critic and literature to date that appears to borrow from the logic of dependency theory presents African Francophone Countries as pawns, subject to the demands of exploitative and dominant China, who is benefiting at Africa Francophone’s expense. So for that reason, the relations between China and African Francophone require close examination, and this document seeks to address two major issues.